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Route 66 to The SEMA Show 2025: How A First-Year Road Trip Turned into Something Bigger Than Anyone Expected

(Words and Photos by Cole Quinnell, Photos by Patrick Hill) There are roads that get you somewhere, and then there are roads that mean something. Route 66 is firmly in the second category. It’s not...

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FREE LIVE Drag Racing From The 11th Annual New Year Nationals At Bradenton Motorsports Park – Monday

There are only a couple of races happening before the clock strikes midnight on Sunday to ring in the new year and while we’re sure 2026 is going to be awesome, 2025 isn’t done yet! Our last big...

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Tony Angelo Gave All His Guys CORVETTES For Their CHRISTMAS BONUS! You Will Want To See This!

I’m a big fan of a good Christmas bonus, but I’ve never known anyone that got a Corvette for theirs! Have you? When I was at Tony’s shop a couple of months ago we were eating pizza...

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Have You Ever Wondered How They Clean And Flush A Radiator? This Cool Video Shows The Whole Process.

When I lived in Southern California, we used Victor’s Radiator Service, an awesome radiator shop that we used all the time to clean and reseal radiators. They also cleaned and resealed heater...

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NEW WORLD RECORD! This VW 20VT Powered Bantam Altered Breaks Into the 6s At Santa Pod!

Water-cooled VWs may not have the same sex appeal as a vintage air-cooled VW does, but they are still really capable and racers have been pushing them to their limits in all kinds of ways for...

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Street Weekend Drag and Drive 2025 – The Movie! Racing Action From England’s Second Drag and Drive

With the success of Hot Rod Drag Week, which started in 2005, other Drag and Drive events started popping up around the world. While nobody in the United States wanted to put one on in the early...

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The Parting Shift Rerun: The Coolest Job in the World, Driving an F1 Engine and Trans on a Test Stand

We’ve seen some awesome automotive jobs in our day, but the guy featured in this video has the best one hands down. The video is from the early 1990s and it shows a Renault V10 Formula One...

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Project Car Update: Killer Fabrication and Progress on the Pro Street, 1948 Chevy Fleetline

BangShift member Pro Fleetline may not have been ultra creative with his forum handle, but boy is he talented when it comes to rod building. His project, a wicked 1948 Chevy Fleetline, jumped off of...

BangShift Poll: What’s Your Favorite Brand of American Car?

We’re unabashed fans of American iron here on the pages of BangShift and we know lots of you out there in reader land are, too. While we’re not brand loyalists in the classical sense,...

BangShift Will Broadcast the March Meet Finals This Saturday!

With the biblical weather that descended on Bakersfield last weekend, the final competition rounds of the March Meet were postponed until this weekend. We’re here to tell you that BangShift,...

Drag Gallery: TXDRL Action from Houston Motorsports Park

After a torrent of car show photos, Charles Wickam now takes us to the drags down in the great state of Texas. Specifically, these photos are from the TXDRL (Texas Drag Racing League) event held...

Project Car Spotlight: A Kick Ass 1969 AMC Javelin Build

So let’s say you are a former motorcycle road racer, a Wisconsin native, a guy in need of a project car, and pretty darned good with your hands and a set of tools. How do you stay entertained...

Huge Gallery: The 2011 Lone Star Rod Run

Another day, another awesome gallery from Texas thanks to Charles Wickam. This time he was at the 2011 Lone Star Rod Run, a huge show and cruise. Charles contributed more than 200 photos and they...

ON SALE NOW: HOT ROD Drag Week 2010 DVD

Hot Rod Magazine’s Drag Week, presented by Gearvendors, is the ultimate test of man and machine and the most bitchin road trip event in the world. Whether you bring your 15 second car or are...

Car Show Gallery Update: The Texas Joy Ride Classic Car Show – Freeport, Texas

Our cavalcade of show galleries continues! We’re staying in Texas this time, but heading to the city of Freeport for the Texas Joy Ride Classic Car Show. Our man Charles Wickam was on the scene...

Drag News: Paul Romine Ends Drag Racing Career After 40 Years

Paul Romine, the three-time IHRA Top Fuel Champion (97,98,2000) and current holder of the record for fastest the Nostalgia Funny Car pass, has ended his four decade drag racing career rather...

BangShift Tech and Video: Does staggered jetting a Holley Carb really work?

We learned several things during our staggered jetting test, and some might surprise you. We also came to a couple of conclusions. 4-Corner Jetting is not for everyone, and ignorance is bliss. And...

Diesel Rig Rod Video: The Beast Runs on A Tiajuana Drag Strip

After showing you a killer Detroit Diesel powered “rig rod” yesterday, we went trolling YouTube and found a video showing a creation called “The Beast” running down a strip in...

Awesome Junkyard Gallery: Stark Wrecking Company – Miamisburg, Ohio

When BangShifter Mike Black asked us if we wanted some photos he shot at a cool old junkyard, we said sure. Little did we know just how great those shots would be. Alternatively sad and beautiful,...

Done: National Speed Sport News Ceases Publication

National Speed Sport News, a publication that covered the racing scene in America for nearly 80 years has announced that this week’s issue will be the last print version ever sent to the...